- Want to save storage space by storing only interesting parts of your video (e.g. from continuously recording action or drone camera video)
- Speed up and ease your video editing workflow by working only with video clips trimmed in advance
BENEFITS COMPARED TO OTHER FREE VIDEO TRIMMING SOFTWARE
- No limitations in video length (especially in bookmark mode, basic mode may just get difficult to use with longer videos, but not limited)
- No annoying watermarks or similar, it just makes direct copy from original video
- Non-destructive, original video remains untouched, new clips are just partial copies of it which also allows really fast operation
- No resolution down scaling or similar, video and audio codecs and their parameters are copied from original video
- GUI should be intuitive, easy and fast to use with minimal mouse clicks which makes demanding trimming sessions convenient
INSTALLATION:
- Download the program here
- Unzip somewhere
- Download FFMPEG here and install somewhere, remember to have FFPROBE as well at the same folder
- Copy path of FFMPEG into config.txt at QD_video_trimmer_v1 folder
USAGE OF SLIDERS AND PREVIEW WINDOWS (BASIC MODE):
- Run QD_video_trimmer_v1_1.exe
- Browse a video file .mov or .mp4 (may also work with other file formats but not tested)
- Use sliders to select desired starting (top one) and ending (lower one) points for your new video clip
- Press Trim and soon you should find trimmed copy from the path of original file e.g. original.mp4 --> original_clip0.mp4, original_clip1.mp4, etc. (original video resolution and codec are )
USAGE OF BOOKMARKS MODE:
- Program supports VLC bookmarks stored at .m3u format
- With VLC, create and store bookmarks only for one video per bookmark file and save it into same path as video file
- Amount of bookmarks per file does not matter, but they are treated as pair: odd ones are start points for trim and even ones are stop points
- Now one can browse this created bookmark file and it will be automatically processed and clips will be generated as described above
DEVELOPMENT AND TEST PLATFORM
- Windows 10 64-bit
- FFMPEG 20180410-d64183e
- VLC 3.0.4 (different versions may have different bookmark file structure and may not work properly)
KNOWN ISSUES
- Scandinavian letters like ä and ö may not be supported in file names and paths
- RAM consumption may increase while using preview windows and sliders (should not be the issue in bookmark mode). As a workaround, after some usage period, program restart may be beneficial.
- If video file locates in root folder e.g. c:/ the writing permissions of OS may prevent proper operation. Hence, place your video file into another path.
- For long videos (longer than 10 minutes) sliders may get inconvenient to use due to scaling and in this case it could be beneficial to use bookmark mode instead.
LICENCE AND MISC
- You can freely utilize the program in your non-commercial and commercial video editing tasks.
- You can freely copy and distribute the program.
- You cannot reverse engineer the program or benefit commercially from it e.g. by selling it.
- If you feel unsure about the licence or you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
- This is just hobby project and some support/improvements could be arranged depending on my resources and I will always appreciate constructive feedback.
- If you enjoy to use QD video trimmer, acknowledgement will always make Sumppihuuhkaja glad. Happy trimming!
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